Get to know Fugong County
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- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
- Chinese name
- 福贡县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 2,804.00 km²
- Population · 2020 census
- 114,372
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
What to see
Laomudeng and Zhiziluo bring together village scenery and the remains of an older urban centre. Zhiziluo retains the appearance of a town from the 1980s, while the surrounding scenic area includes Huangguan Mountain (皇冠山), Qilian Lake (七莲湖), rhododendron-covered hills and bamboo groves. Tea gardens and tea-garden paths are another feature of Laomudeng.
Nu music and mountain villages
Nu (怒族) dabia dance (达比亚) is a national intangible cultural heritage representative project associated with Laomudeng. O-dede folk singing (哦得得), the Rumiqi festival (如密期) and mouth-harp music have provincial listings. Shiyueliang Township (石月亮乡) occupies the deep valley between the Gaoligong Mountains (高黎贡山) and Biluo Snow Mountains (碧罗雪山).
Sources for this guide
“老姆登速度”焕新怒江大峡谷景区_综合动态_上海市政府合作交流办公室 · Shanghai Municipal Government Cooperation and Exchange Office; Wenhui Daily
旅居老姆登——观山看水怀乡愁 - 州市 - 云南日报网 · Yunnan Daily
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-30.
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Places to explore around Fugong County
Aerial view of Zhiziluo, the former county seat perched on a mountain ridge in Fugong County · 福贡县知子罗，山脊上的旧县城航拍 Source-recorded photograph date: 2024-06-01 12:35:44.Zhiziluo Old Town知子罗
Abandoned hillside seat of Bijiang County and once of Nujiang Prefecture, above the Nu River in Fugong, with 80 old buildings left.
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Laomudeng Village on a wooded hillside above a pond, Pihe Township, Fugong County · 福贡县匹河乡老姆登村，依山傍水的村落景观 Source-recorded photograph date: 2024-06-01 14:10:57.Laomudeng Village老姆登村
Laomudeng (老姆登村) is a Nu ethnic village in Pihe Nu Ethnic Township, Fugong County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, the only Nu-designated township in China, set on a hillside facing the Nu people's sacred Huangguan (Crown) Mountain above the Nujiang canyon.
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Getting there
Fugong County is about 120 km in a straight line from central Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. Search for 福贡县 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Zhiziluo Old Town and Laomudeng Village are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: Zhiziluo Old Town · 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
Photo: Laomudeng Village · 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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